Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1925

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	265
2	Dorothy	223
3	Betty	201
4	Helen	170
5	Ruth	136
6	Doris	132
7	Lois	115
8	Phyllis	107
9	Margaret	104
10	Evelyn	92
11	Marjorie	85
11	Shirley	85
13	Alice	81
14	Irene	79
15	Esther	70
16	Lorraine	68
16	Mildred	68
18	Virginia	66
19	Jean	64
20	Arlene	63
21	Florence	61
22	Joyce	60
23	Delores	56
23	Marie	56
25	Donna	55
25	Norma	55
27	Lucille	54
27	Maxine	54
27	Patricia	54
30	Gladys	50
31	Beverly	47
31	Frances	47
31	June	47
31	Lillian	47
35	Eleanor	45
36	Edna	44
36	Elaine	44
38	Vivian	43
39	Grace	42
40	Elizabeth	41
40	Elsie	41
40	Hazel	41
40	Ruby	41
40	Viola	41
45	Darlene	38
45	Gloria	38
47	Bonnie	37
47	Violet	37
49	Anna	34
49	Mavis	34

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	413
2	Donald	270
3	John	235
4	William	182
5	James	179
6	Richard	136
7	Kenneth	118
8	Charles	115
8	Harold	115
10	George	105
11	Raymond	84
12	Marvin	73
13	Paul	70
14	Eugene	69
15	Clifford	65
15	Howard	65
17	Dale	64
18	Lloyd	60
19	Edward	58
19	Thomas	58
19	Walter	58
22	Melvin	56
23	Arthur	54
24	Gerald	53
25	Clarence	51
25	Gordon	51
25	Lyle	51
28	Earl	50
28	Ralph	50
30	Alvin	49
30	Jack	49
30	Leonard	49
33	Calvin	48
34	Henry	46
35	Joseph	45
35	Leo	45
35	Vernon	45
38	Frank	44
39	Elmer	43
39	Lester	43
39	Roy	43
39	Wayne	43
43	Arnold	42
43	Francis	42
43	Leroy	42
46	Harry	40
46	Lawrence	40
48	Norman	39
49	Duane	38
50	Stanley	36